Onion
I am peeling the onion
The first layer is silver red
Ok, itís a pleasure to help her in the kitchen
An overburdened wife is a burden
With children ready to go to school
Myself ready for office
And I peel the onion
The aroma of her food is inviting
I peel the next layer of the onion
Layer after layer
Color fades
And turns white
A petrified sight
A beautiful morning
Eyes begin to dampen
Onions dampen my eyes
It's not easy to peel onions
A mastermind created every layer
Joined them together
With an art of nature
And with a care of the man
I go on peeling
Onion has a secret
It secretes dampness in eyes
Something to be sorry for
"Hey", she calls,
"What the hell are you doing?
Peel it, ya!"
Layers unfold
A manifold curiosity
Now! It is edible!
The tender innerself of the onion
I take it to my lips
To put it on my tongue
World Poets Society / Παγκόσμια Εταιρεία Ποιητών
Editor & Director
- Dimitris P. Kraniotis
- Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Greece
- He was born in 1966 in Stomio, a coastal town in central Greece. He studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. He lives and works as a physician (Internal Medicine Specialist) in Larissa, Greece. He is the author of 4 poetry books: Traces (1985), Clay Faces (1992), Fictitious Line (2005), Dunes (2007). He is Academician (Academy Tiberina of Rome & International Academy of Micenei, Italy), Doctor of Literature (by WAAC), President of 22nd World Congress of Poets (by UPLI), President of World Poets Society (W.P.S), Vice-President of Larissa Union of Poets & Writers, Ambassador to Greece of Poetas del Mundo (Chile), Editorial Director of the medical magazine "Hippocrates", Member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine "Graphi" and Member of National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Greek PEN, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, International Society of Greek Writers, United Poets Laureate International, World Academy of Arts & Culture, International Writers Association (IWA), etc. He has won many awards for his poetry which has been translated and published in many countries.
Fictitious Line / Νοητή Γραμμή
Poetry Book by Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Links
- World Poets Society (W.P.S.): The Official Website
- Greek Poetry by Dimitris P. Kraniotis
- Greek Poet: The Online International Library of Greek Poets
- World Poet: The Official Electronic Magazine of W.P.S.
- Λέξεις @ Hellenic Words: The Online Library of Greek Poetry
- Poems by Dimitris P. Kraniotis (blog in Greek)
- Θίνες @ Dunes: blog of Dimitris P. Kraniotis
- United Poets Laureate International (UPLI)
- Famous Poets and Poems
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1 σχόλια:
The poem is a metaphysical wonder. A commonplace object and a very earthy job is pushed up to transcend the here and the now. The passion for subtle sexual imagery is unmistakable. The act of rasing the onion to the lips (rather than to the mouth) to put the kernel of the onion on to the tongue (not in the mouth) is a forceful sexual union achieved through a passionate cunnilingus, I suppose. The poet seems to be reliving his passionate youth. It is a reverie.
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